Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands, 2nd edition (Bur Oak Guide)

Originally published in 1999, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands was the first book to focus on the beauty and diversity of the wetland plants that once covered 1.5 million acres of Iowa. Now this classic of midwestern natural history is back in print with a new format and all-new photographs, just as Iowa’s wetlands are getting the respect and attention they deserve. In clear and accessible prose, authors Sylvan Runkel and Dean Roosa provide common, scientific, and family names; the Latin or Greek meaning of the scientific names; habitat and blooming times; and a complete description. Plants are presented by habitat (terrestrial or aquatic), then refined by habit (e.g., emergent, floating, or submerged) or taxonomic group (e.g., ferns and allies or trees, shrubs, and vines). Particularly interesting is the information on the many ways in which Native Americans and early pioneers used these plants for everything from pain relief to tonics to soup and the ways that wildlife today use them for food and shelter. Each of the more than 150 species accounts is accompanied by a brilliant full-page color photograph by botanist Thomas Rosburg, who has also updated the nomenclature and descriptions for certain species. After decades of being considered an enemy of the settler, the farmer, and the citizen, Iowa’s wetlands have come into their own. We are finally caring for these important habitats. Runkel and Roosa’s updated field companion will be a valuable guide to today’s preservation and restoration initiatives. Contents Publisher’s Note to the Second Edition Foreword by Arnold van der Valk Preface Acknowledgments Disclaimer Introduction Terrestrial Flowering Herbs Skunk cabbage Marsh marigold Spring cress Bogbean Water parsnip Tall cotton-grass Giant manna grass Fox sedge Cattail sedge Lacustrine sedge Woolly sedge Tussock sedge False hop sedge Hop sedge Yellowfruit sedge Squarrose sedge Gray’s sedge Water hemlock Angelica Canada anemone Tufted loosestrife Northern leafy green orchid Marsh cress Dark green bulrush Curly dock Small white lady slipper Reed canary grass Blue flag iris Cattail Yellow monkey flower Watercress Fog fruit Reddish spikerush Fringed loosestrife Marsh bellflower Arrow grass Joe Pye weed Arrow arum Hard-stemmed bulrush, soft-stemmed bulrush Grass of Parnassus Swamp milkweed Moneywort Water plantain Whorled loosestrife Winged loosestrife Boneset Stinging nettle Swamp loosestrife Water horehound Marsh skullcap Water smartweed Tear thumb White vervain Purple loosestrife Sweet flag Yellow nut grass Pendant bulrush Bog twayblade Seedbox Cardinal flower Barnyard grass Acuminate rush, Dudley’s rush Wood nettle Torrey’s rush Mint Blue vervain Ditch stonecrop White turtlehead Sundew Prairie cord grass River bulrush Wool-grass Jewelweed Brook lobelia Tall coneflower Sneezeweed Pink turtlehead Red-rooted cyperus Blue lobelia Reed grass False dragonhead Burhead, tall burhead Water willow Monkey flower Umbrella sedge Meadow beauty Mountain mint Hedge nettle American germander Rose mallow Riddell’s goldenrod Ladies’ tresses Stick-tight Fringed gentian Closed gentian Ferns, Fern Allies, and Lower Vascular Plants Adder’s-tongue fern Cinnamon fern Common horsetail Crested wood fern Marsh fern Meadow spikemoss Mosquito fern Royal fern Sensitive fern Spinulose wood fern Water clover Water horsetail Woodland horsetail Trees, Shrubs, and Vines Black ash Black willow Bog birch Buttonbush Cottonwood Elderberry Indigo bush Meadow sweet Red-osier dogwood Riverbank grape River birch Sage willow Sandbar willow Silky dogwood Silver maple Sycamore Herbs Growing in Water: Emergent, Floating, or Submerged American lotus Arrowhead Bladderwort Bur-reed Coontail Curly pondweed Elodea Flat-stemmed pondweed Greater duckweed Lesser duckweed Long-leaved pondweed Pickerel weed Red-head pondweed Sago pondweed Spatterdock Star duckweed Water hyssop Watermeal Water milfoil Watershield Water stargrass White waterlily Wild celery Wild rice Yellow water crowfoot Glossary Selected Bibliography Index Now this classic of midwestern natural history is available again with a new format and all-new photographs, just as Iowa's wetlands are getting the respect and attention they deserve. Originally published in 1999, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands was the first book to focus on the beauty and diversity of the wetland plants that once covered 1.5 million acres of Iowa. In clear and accessible prose, authors Sylvan Runkel and Denn Roosa provide common, scientific, and family names; the meaning of the Latin or Greek scientific names; habitat and blooming times; and a complete description. Plants are presented by habitat (terrestrial or aquatic), then refined by habit (e.g., emergent, floating, or submerged) or taxonomic group (e.g., ferns and allies or trees, shrubs, and vines). Particularly interesting is the information on the many ways in which Native Americans and early pioneers used these plants for everything from pain relief to tonics to soup and the ways that wildlife today use them for food and shelter. Each of the more than 150 species accounts is accompanied by a brilliant full-page color photograph by botanist Thomas Rosburg, who has also updated the nomenclature and descriptions for certain species. Book jacket Sylvan T. Runkel And Dean M. Roosa ; Photographs And Additional Text By Thomas Rosburg ; Foreword By Arnold Van Der Valk. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.